Thanks for this article...I'm one of those women that asked their doctors about this when I was younger!
I am confused by your last sentence, and would love some clarification. You say, "Now everybody go out and get some juice!!", but after reading your article, I was under the impression that we should not go down a container of cranberry juice.
From my understanding of your article, the cranberry juice does indeed work to make the bacteria less sticky, and that "exposure" to cranberries reduces bacteria's attachment to the bladder...so cranberries "work" in theory...but in practice, it is not practical. In practice, you suggested that women would need to drink a lot of cranberry juice, and a lot of it continuously ("the bacteria return to their original sticky-selves once cranberries are removed").
Can you clarify this for me? It is obviously not practical to consume a substance like cranberry juice on a continuous basis, and as you mentioned, drinking a lot of it is necessary for it's positive effects. We all know drinking "a lot" of juice is unhealthy due to its sugar and caloric content, so the cons may not outweigh the pros.
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Thanks for this article...I'm one of those women that asked their doctors about this when I was younger!
I am confused by your last sentence, and would love some clarification. You say, "Now everybody go out and get some juice!!", but after reading your article, I was under the impression that we should not go down a container of cranberry juice.
From my understanding of your article, the cranberry juice does indeed work to make the bacteria less sticky, and that "exposure" to cranberries reduces bacteria's attachment to the bladder...so cranberries "work" in theory...but in practice, it is not practical. In practice, you suggested that women would need to drink a lot of cranberry juice, and a lot of it continuously ("the bacteria return to their original sticky-selves once cranberries are removed").
Can you clarify this for me? It is obviously not practical to consume a substance like cranberry juice on a continuous basis, and as you mentioned, drinking a lot of it is necessary for it's positive effects. We all know drinking "a lot" of juice is unhealthy due to its sugar and caloric content, so the cons may not outweigh the pros.
Thanks!!
April 5, 2009 - 5:52amThis Comment
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